Trying to get into an Inul Daratista show is like trying to storm the ramparts of Helm’s Deepit’s musty, dark, smoky, crowded and the mob seems possessed by a demonic, or at least lascivious, force.
The klieg lights dimmed. The crowd roared: "Inul! Inul!" The petite, sensuous singer emerged in a lavender and pink cling-wrap jumpsuit, looked at her audience and teased: "Are you ready to be drilled ...
Inul Daratista is the biggest pop music sensation in Indonesia today. Television ratings go up when she performs, and politicians are seeking her support for the 2004 elections. But Inul's ...
EVERYONE agrees that she is a marvellous dancer. Inul Daratista gyrates her hips and legs with increasing speed until her body becomes a blur of movement that sends her fans into raptures. She sings ...
Perhaps out of respect, Inul Daratista initiated a meeting in 2003 to seek reconciliation with Rhoma Irama, at the notoriously haughty dangdut legend’s studio. What came after was a blur of rumors, ...
Indonesians have a new idol - a hip-swinging singer who's gyrated her way into fame, fortune, and a whole lot of trouble. Inul Daratista has achieved the level of success where a second name becomes ...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- With tears in her eyes, the pretty young nightclub singer saw the curtain coming down on her brief stardom, packed up her purple Spandex catsuits and prepared to return to the ...
Some queens began as upstarts, and Inul Daratista was no different. For there really was a time before the money, the television appearances, and the wildly successful business ventures, when her name ...